Which to use
“consacrée” and “consacrées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,020
- “consacrée” frequency rank
- #13,143
- “consacrées” frequency rank
- 18163
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | consacrée | consacrées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de consacré. | Féminin pluriel de consacré. |
Same sound, different letters: consacrée vs consacrées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. consacrée runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVV) against consacrées's 10 (CVCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: consacrée vs consacrées
This is the hard kind. consacrée and consacrées are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.sa.kʁe\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “consacrée” sits inside “consacrées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18163, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
consacrée is recorded at frequency rank #5,020, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.sa.kʁe\. consacrées is at rank #13,143, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.sa.kʁe\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 18163, this pair ranks #379,688 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of consacrée vs consacrées
Shared letters: acenorsé. Private to "consacrée": -. Private to "consacrées": -.
"consacrée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVV · "consacrées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "consacrée" and "consacrées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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Useful next steps
"consacrée" and "consacrées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "consacrée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "consacrées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #379,688 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "consacrée" and "consacrées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "consacrées vs consacrera". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #379,688 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.